DISQUS

Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero: This is the New Media Fishbowl

  • Justin Kownacki · 2 years ago
    I was quite sad that I didn't show up in this diagram... until I remembered I'm not on Facebook. *WHEW* I can keep on livin' in the fishbowl, even if the fishbowl cain't find me.
  • Ricky Mondello · 2 years ago
    What I would give to be able to cmd (ctrl) + F the data in that diagram.
  • Ricky Mondello · 2 years ago
    Of course, immediately after posting my last comment, I found my name. Interesting!

    (Sorry for the dupe.)
  • whitney · 2 years ago
    Hey Chris-
    I think this app is interesting- I did the friendship wheel http://thomas-fletcher.com/facebook/friendwheel... and through that graphic, I was interested at the nodes created by the hyperconnected, versus those that were not connected.
    The different graphs give you a different feeling on how you are connected and to whom.

    I would argue with you, however, that Facebook in and of itself is a fishbowl. The reaching out is done with all the folks, say, in the Philly blogging community who aren't facebook users. Or my next door neighbor. Or the guy at the Apple Store, who never heard of PodCamp. Really cracking the fishbowl requires reaching out beyond the screen and interacting and sharing in person- and that won;t be reflective in the graph.
  • Amber · 2 years ago
    That echo chamber is pretty echo-y.
  • Mike Wills · 2 years ago
    Just created mine and it looks similar to yours... but with less friends...
  • Peter O'Connell · 2 years ago
    Chris:

    The outer ring, in my opinion, is one of the problems/challenges with Facebook. As an A type personality, I have no problem initiating conversations or introductions with people who I don't know but of whom I know a possible legitimate connection might exist.

    That's how I approached Facebook. Sure I can "connect" with people I ALREADY have a connection to but what's the point? To make the connection "stronger"? I don't need Facebook for that. I want to meet new people with whom I don't have a connection...the outer circle if you will.

    I understand that people don't want to be awash in strangers approaching them, but one of my sense's of these on line communities is to be open to professional introduction...despite some mediocre attempts by Facebook to try and do that, I don't think they do it very well.

    But, that could just be me.

    Best always,
    - Peter